Essentials of Business Communication 8th Edition by Mary Ellen Guffey

Exercise 40

The following letter has errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, proofreading, and other problems. You may either (a) use standard proofreading marks (see Appendix B) to correct the errors here or (b) download the document from www.meguftey.com and revise at your computer. Study the guidelines in the Grammar/Mechanics Handbook to sharpen your skills.
Current date
Mrs. E. R. Churchill
224 Oak Grove Avenue
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Dear Mrs. Churchell:
This message is to inform you that we appreciate receiving your recent letter requesting that a curve in Highway 35 be rebuilt. The Department of Transportation shares your concern about the safety
of the stretch between Mount Vernon and Pittsboro which is near your home.
Highway 35 as you mentioned has many hills curves and blind spots. However it's accident rate which is 4.05 per million vehicle miles is far from the worse in the state. In fact at least 49 other state highways have worse safety records.
At this point in time I want you to know that we do have studies under way that will result in the relocation of sections of highway 35 to terrain that will provide safer driving conditions. As you are aware such changes take time. We must coordinate our plans with town county state and federal authorities. Money is assigned to these projects by priority and Highway 35 does not have top priority. In addition accidents along Highway 35 are not concentrated at any one curve, they are spread out over the entire highway.
For all of the above reasons we do not anticipate immediately rebuilding any curves on Highway 35. In the near future we plan to install guardrails and we will be certain to place a guardrail at the curve that concerns you.
We appreciate your concern for safety Mrs. Churchill. Please write to us again if you have other ideas for reducing accidents.
Sincerely,
Mitchell M. Overton
Mitchell M. Overton
Office of Safety and Speed Management